ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 came to its conclusion on 29th March 2015 with Australia winning the world cup for a record 5th time.The defeated New Zealand who were playing the final for the first time by 7 wickets chasing a moderate target of 182 runs.Following are some of the records created in this World Cup...
- Martin Guptill scored the highest number of runs for an individual player in the 2015 world Cup.He scored 237 runs vs West Indies on 163 balls with a strike rate of 145.39.He struck 24 boundaries and 11 sixes during his record breaking innings.
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Martin Guptill |
- Mitchell Starc was the highest wicket taker of the tournament.He took 22 wickets in 8 matches at an average of 10.18 and a strike rate of 17.40.His best bowling figures came against New Zealand where he took 6 wickets for 28 runs.
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Mitchell Starc |
- Kumar Sangakara achieved a unique feat of scoring four consecutive hundreds against Bangladesh,England,Australia and Scotland.He amassed a total of 541 runs from 7 matches at an average of 108.20 with a highest score of 124.
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Kumar Sangakara |
- The highest score for a team was scored by Australia against Afghanistan.They made 417 runs for the loss of 6 wickets with David Warner making 178 from only 133 balls.Australians defeated the Afghans by 275 runs the largest winning margin for the 2015 World Cup.
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David Warner |
- Martin Guptill from New Zealand hit the most number of fours in the tournament.He hit 59 boundaries which means that nearly 50% of his total tournament aggregate came in boundaries.Chris Gayle hit the most number of sixes.He hit a total of 26 sixes while AB de Villiers stuck 21 sixes.
- Tim Sou thee took the most number of wickets in a single match.He took 7 wickets for 39 runs vs England.England were shot out for a mere 123 runs and lost the match to New Zealand by Eight wickets one of the highest win by wickets in the 2015 World Cup.
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Tim Sou thee |
- Two hat-ricks were taken in this world Cup.The first Hat-rick was taken by Steven Finn of England vs Australia.He took the wickets of Brad Had din,Glen Maxwell and Mitchell Johnson.The second hat-rick was taken by JP Duminy of South Africa vs Srilanka in the first Quarter Final.JP took the wickets of Angelo Mathews,Kulasekara and Tharindu Kaushal.
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JP Duminy (Top) and Steven Finn |
- Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels of West Indies put together the highest partnership of the Cricket World Cup 2015.They scored 372 runs together vs Zimbabwe.Chris Gayle went on to score the fastest double century in ODI cricket.H scored 215 runs on 147 balls 16 sixes and 10 boundaries and a strike rate of 146.25
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Chris Gayle |